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Lifeguard Under Investigation in Boy’s Drowning Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

Prosecutors have begun a full autopsy after seizing lifeguards’ phones following the child’s drowning

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Overview

  • Four-year-old Michael Consolandi was pulled unconscious from a pool at Tintarella di Luna aquapark on June 20 and died in a Bergamo hospital two days later
  • The Brescia prosecutor’s office opened a negligent homicide inquiry and ordered the seizure of all lifeguards’ phones to check for possible distractions
  • Matteo Formenti disappeared on June 24 and his body was discovered June 25 in a wooded area near Cologne in what investigators consider a suicide
  • Authorities are analyzing surveillance footage, collecting witness statements and carrying out an autopsy on the boy to determine whether safety protocols failed
  • Chiari’s mayor highlighted three recent suicides in the community and urged residents to reflect before passing judgment